In response to State prosecutor Gerrie Nel suggesting a postponement to October or November, Jaap Cilliers said Selebi wanted to get on with the job of defending himself.
Selebi wanted a chance to show "that he has been degraded by the [National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)] for improper purposes", Cilliers said.
In his application for a postponement, Nel said a crucial file had gone missing and after being stalled in their attempts to question police witnesses, the State also discovered that Selebi had been privy to recently declassified information that they were yet to see.
The acting National Director of Public Prosecutions Mokotedi Mpshe had received a letter from acting police commissioner Tim Williams complaining about inferences that the police were not co-operating with the NPA.
Nel said he repeated this belief that the police were not co-operating and that Selebi was somehow pulling strings behind the scenes.
"Either they are loyal to him or the accused is still in charge," he said.
Nel said they discovered on Thursday before the public holiday that certain information had been declassified and although it was clear Selebi had seen it, he was yet to see it.
A frustrated Judge Meyer Joffe asked: "Why is everyone running around in circles in this trial?"
